I’ve had an idea for a post for a few weeks now. Well an idea that I wanted to share as a post I guess. I wanted to make a promise, a declaration to my daughter. Tell her the kind of mother I wanted to be I suppose or how I want to do my best for her. Then by chance I came across something a friend had given me as a Christmas gift way back in 1999. A poem that she printed out and framed for me, in the spirit of friendship. The glass in the frame had broken at some point and I had put the poem away in a box. When I found it and read it I have to say I got a little weepy as I think it puts much more eloquently than I ever could the life/things/lessons I wish for my daughter. It’s a poem you may have read before but still worth sharing I think.
May You Always Feel Loved
by Sandra Sturtz Hauss
May you find serenity and tranquillity in a world you may not always understand.
May the pain you have known and conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.
Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone.
May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace.
May a kind word, a reassuring touch, a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.
Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.
Teach love to those who know hate, and let that love embrace you as you go into the world.
May the teaching of those you admire become part of you, so that you may call upon them. Remember, those whose lives you have touched and who have touched yours are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you would have wished. It is the content of the encounter that is more important than its form.
May you not become too concerned with material matters, but instead place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart.
Find time in each day to see the beauty and love in the world around you.
Realize that each person has limitless abilities, but each of us is different in our own way. What you may feel you lack in one regard may be more than compensated for in another. What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths in the future.
May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility. Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience.
May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by yourself, and not be dependent on another’s judgements of your accomplishments.
May you always feel loved.
And my own little addition:
Because you always will be loved. More than you can ever know.
That is beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful 🙂